BÁÁHÁÁLÍ CHAPTER
HOME SITE LEASE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Presented by: Guarena Adeky Skeets, CLUPC President
Navajo land Summit II, March 24, 2015
PRIOR TO 2007
 Many community members did not understand the home site lease
process, so there were many pending folders at the Eastern Navajo
Land Department and at the Home Site Lease Office in Window Rock
 In 2007, Bááháálí Chapter began working with the Window Rock
Home Site Lease Office to determine how many current pending
folders there are.
 22 Home Site Leases were completed in 2007, which was an increase
from 2003-2006
2007 ACTIVITIES
 When we began working on home site leases in 2007, we did not have a
program in place; we mostly worked with the Survey Section to get as many
survey plats completed from the applications that were dormant at the
Home Site Lease Section Office and the Eastern Navajo Land Department
 For the archeological reports, we worked with the Office of Environmental
Health to get copies of reports for clients who had their waterline
completed. This worked for a short time and was cost efficient for the time
being.
 As a result of our efforts, we were able to get 22 applications off the survey
and archeological list, and began work for the following year.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
 2009-began working on developing a program that would involve creating
more of a Cost-Sharing Program utilizing Housing Discretionary Funds
 This program was developed after the Chapter became LGA Certified, as a
pilot project to prepare us for the time that we may begin processing our
own home site leases
 The community supported the concept, especially after sharing with them,
the number of home site leases we were able to complete in the 2-year
span we began taking the initiative to get them completed
 The program began with the applicant paying $258.00 for the survey and
archeological clearance to be completed. It has increased slightly since
2013
•NLD Application
•Bááháálí Chapter
Assistance
Application
Program Process
1. Application
2. CLUPC
Meeting
3. Cost Sharing
4. Review
Documents
•CLUPC Letter of
support
•Submit to Eastern
Navajo Land
Department
•Review of
proposed location
•Review of
application for
completeness
Application
CLUPC
Meeting
Review
Documents
Assistance
Cost Share
Paid
• Archeological
Survey
• Fish and Wildlife
• Survey
• EPA
HOME SITE LEASE
ASSISTANCE POLICY
First developed in 2009
Has gone through two revisions since
then
Is not limited to just Home Site Leasing, it
also incorporates Residential Site
Leasing as well
HOME SITE LEASE
ASSISTANCE
APPLICATION
Application provides vital information,
without having to have the actual HSL
application handled so many times.
There is another form we use for those
clients who request for a payment plan
Payments are accepted in the form of
Money Orders, Cash, and Credit/Debit
Cards
HSL ASSISTANCE COST SHARE
BREAKDOWN
Applicant
$276.25 is paid by money order to
the Chapter
o $150.00 for Survey
o $110.00 for Archeological Survey
o $16.25 for Fish and Wildlife report
Bááháálí Chapter
$543.25 is paid by the Chapter
o $375.00 for Survey
o $152.00 for Archeological Survey
o $16.25 for Fish and Wildlife report
SURVEY & ARCHEOLOGY
 Bááháálí Chapter works with one principal surveyor and archeologist to
keep costs down
 The client is given flaggers to indicate where the center point is of their
potential home site lease, to aid the Surveyor and Archeologist
 A copy of the Application contact sheet and the Assistance application
are given to the surveyor and archeologist to refer to the location.
 No work begins for the client until the $276.25 has been paid in full
FISH AND WILDLIFE
 Because we don’t have the technical support of the Land Board to get the
Center Point GPS reading, we rely on the Archeologist to provide that
information
 Once we receive the arch report, we submit the request to the Fish and
Wildlife Department for processing
 While the report is being processed at Fish and Wildlife, we continue
processing for the survey plat and once all the documents come together,
we submit it to EPA
CURRENT STATUS

Bááháálí Chapter has reduced the
number of pending folders located
at the Eastern Navajo Land
Department Office

Current pending applications at
the Eastern Navajo Land
Department are 24, and most are
pending archeology reports, 200RL
signatures, or a resurvey

At Bááháálí Chapter, a tracking
sheet is utilized for each stage of
completion
HOME SITE LEASE ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
Home Site Leases
25
20
15
10
5
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Home Site Leases
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
THANK YOU
ANY QUESTIONS??